Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-02-18
The new hotel being built at Mackinac

The great council Of improved order OF
red men az the annual meeting in Ksla
ZOO, elected officers and adjourned TO meet
! at Grand Rapids in MAY, 1885. They are
! "a follows: SacAem, +. j. Bromeling,
Eaton Rapid; sycamore, w. A. Crouch,
/ East Saginaw; junior sycamore, w. T.
Cole, lshpeming; prophet, w. w. Tanner,
! Grand Rapids; secretary, g. G. Howell,
/ Grand Rapids: treasurer Fred g. Adler,
jackson; representative. NJ. H. Baily,
/ Eaton Rapids; sanip, julius Liverson.
Traverse City; guard of wigwam, Elijah
wer, Grand Rapids: marshall, Henry
/ Turner Grand Rapids; insurance direct
ors, Rudolph Welch, jackson; J. NJ. Herr
Detroit Phillip Frezime Ishpemng.
Mai. George II. Penniman, well known
lawyer of Detroit, has become violently
/ insane.
Conrad and Frederick Hale of Bay City,
father and son, were buried few days
ago, having died within two hours of each
other
Thomas Tobin, convict from Calhoun
county, died in his cell in Jackson prison
the other day, of heart disease.
The winter meeting of the state horti.
cultural society will convene at Hillsdale,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb.
ruary -, % and -. Samples of fruit,
! plants, flowers, branches, insects. nipple
ments and conferences. if brought in, will
/ receive attention ~ the hands of the So
| ciety. 1t i, expected that Profs Cook and
Beal of the agricultural college will be
present and add-ess the society upon
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/ Preservation" All kindred societies in
and out of the state, are invited TO send
/ delegates. Reports from branch horticul-
! tural societies, and the Question Box, will
be features of the convention.
The annual encampment Of theI. q. o. +.
of Michigan met in Mu, kcgon on the 10th
| inst. The reading OF reports and discuss
! ion of matters of interest TO the V.uer
comprised the principal business Of the
| session. The following officers were unan.
imously elected for the ensuing year: q.
Z. John Is. Award of Camden; c. II. r.,
Andrew Harshaw, Alpens; G. $. W. JAS
NJ. Crosby, Springport; g. S, L. II Whit
ney, Lansing; 6. j. W, A ID. Cruick hank,
Charevoix The next encampment will
! be held in Battle Greek.
During the recent rain storm and thaw
the Grand river at Jackson was higher
than has been known in fourteen years
| Cellars and Easements were flooded and
/ great damage resulted.
Eaton Rapids suffered considerable dam
age by reason of the high water.
Last summer George Terrill and a young
man named skinner of Grand Rapids
! quarreled about girl. Terrill shot and
/ instantly killed Skinner. The trial ended
on the 18th inst. in a verdic; OF man
slaughter
Rumored that the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern company contemplates an
extension of the Lansing branch 20 the
straits
Henry sullivan. private secretary OF
! President Hughart Of the Grand Rapids q
! Indiana road, has been appointed in addi-
tion paymaster Of the road,
The proposed new county OF Luce will
take from Macknaw county towns As, :,
9. 10. II and - and % towns from Chippe
wa county. 1t will have 30 miles front on
/ Lake Superior and will be about 30 miles
square.
Suit has been commenced against JAS
l.. Jenning.. formerly receiver of the
| United States land Office at Reed City, Tor
an alleged deficiency of 500
Michigan has 255,OOO citizens liable to
military duty, and good many of these
are liable not to go into the army II war is
declared.
Albert Williams n Michigan man, has
been appointed United States seologist at
s. per day.
George W. Platt, ex mayor OF Niles, Is
dead. lie has been resident Of Michigan
over % years.
The flood in Lansing was unprecedented
in the history of that city The manu-
factories along the river Were flooded and
all work had 20 be suspended.
Ex-Gov. David II. Jerome has gone TO
the Bermuda islands.
T. McNair of Adrian, a veteran Michi-
gan soldier, aged %, cut his throat with a
jack-knife in the presence OF his wife and
family, through dependency fatal re
suit is feared
For the first time in many years the
western part of Detroit has been flooded.
The Michigan car shops and the steel
spring works were compelled to close down
for several days because the lower part OF
their establie hments was under water.
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